2d REGIMENT, SC - 1775

The Second Regiment, SC, Col. Moultrie commanding, was ordered to Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor, SC, on March 2, 1776, to "take command of a large fort sufficient to contain 1000 men" which was being built by a "great number of mechanics and negro laborers".  This fort would be "the key to the Harbor", when the expected British naval expedition appeared, as it did on June 28, 1776 with ten vessels, armed with over 250 guns, and carrying a landing force of nearly 3,000.